The Bayou Trilogy: Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, and The Ones You Do - Softcover

Woodrell, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316133655 ISBN 13: 9780316133654

Publisher: Mulholland Books, 2011

Synopsis

A hard-hitting, critically acclaimed trilogy of crime novels from an author about whom New York magazine has written, "What people say about Cormac McCarthy ... goes double for [Woodrell]. Possibly more."

In the parish of St. Bruno, sex is easy, corruption festers, and double-dealing is a way of life. Rene Shade is an uncompromising detective swimming in a sea of filth.

As Shade takes on hit men, porn kings, a gang of ex-cons, and the ghosts of his own checkered past, Woodrell's three seminal novels pit long-entrenched criminals against the hard line of the law, brother against brother, and two vastly different sons against a long-absent father.

THE BAYOU TRILOGY highlights the origins of a one-of-a-kind author, a writer who for over two decades has created an indelible representation of the shadows of the rural American experience and has steadily built a devoted following among crime fiction aficionados and esteemed literary critics alike.

About this title

About the Author:

Five of Daniel Woodrell's eight published novels were selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year. Tomato Red won the PEN West Award for the Novel in 1999. Woodrell lives in the Ozarks near the Arkansas line with his wife, Katie Estill.

Review:

"Woodrell writes drolly and pungently of rednecks and swamp rats with the affection and exasperation of a man who has spent his life among them ... The Bayou Trilogy stands with the best crime fiction of its period."―St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Old fans and new readers alike out to be grateful....The novels showcase Woodrell's evolution as a writer....Woodrell's The Bayou Trilogy supplies all the pleasure of hard-boiled noir: laconic cynicism, casually colorful characters (a diner owner, for instance, is described as having 'slightly more than a basic issue of a nose') and a hero whose feet of clay make his dedication to law and order all the more admirable."―Chicago Tribune

"There's poetry in Woodrell's mayhem, each novel-and scene-full of gritty and memorable Cajun details."―Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Really cool . . . Jump on these three top-shelf books."―Library Journal

"The Bayou Trilogy is more than a landmark of crime fiction; it is an impressive and important addition to American letters. Bravo, Daniel Woodrell, and long live Rene Shade."―PulpSerenade.com

"What people say about Cormac McCarthy . . . goes double for [Woodrell]. Possibly more."―New York Magazine

A backcountry Shakespeare . . . The inhabitants of Daniel Woodrell's fiction often have a streak that's not just mean but savage; yet physical violence does not dominate his books. What does dominate is a seasoned fatalism . . . Woodrell has tapped into a novelist's honesty, and lucky for us, he's remorseless that way."―Los Angeles Times

"Daniel Woodrell writes in sentences that could be ancient carvings on a tree."―Chicago Tribune

"Woodrell is the least-known major writer in the country right now."―Dennis Lehane, USA Today

"Daniel Woodrell has quietly built a career that whould be the envy of most American novelists today."―Washington Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Mulholland Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0316133655
• ISBN 13: 9780316133654
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496